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RED LAKE, MN - The Red Lake Lady Warriors hosted Mountain-Iron-Buhl on Saturday, January 4, 2020. MIB was ranked #3 in State Class A basketball with a record of 5-2. The Lady Warriors started off good, keeping pace with MIB in the first half, but by it's end were down 45-30. Red Lake tried to come back in the second, but could only score 16 points in the half, while MIB kept attacking to hit 34. The final score ended at 79-46. Both Gericka Kingbird and Autumn Holthusen had 14 for the Lady Warrio...
A coalition of Minnesotans with Disabilities is leading the charge to eliminate the subminimum wage and develop a more inclusive workforce in the 2020 Legislative Session. Since 1938, Federal and State Labor laws have excluded people with disabilities and allowed employers to pay people with disabilities less than the minimum wage. Now in 2020, the coalition, calling themselves 4 Cents per Hour, is calling for the complete phase out of the use of 14(c) certificates and subminimum wage for all individuals with disabilities by 2024. While the...
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Grants Compliance Assistant RED LAKE NATION HEAD START Open: February 7, 2020 Closing: February 21, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m. Primary Function: The Grants Compliance Assistant will work with the Red Lake Head Start Director to support successful grant administration by means of facilitating procedural compliance on awarded grants. The Grant Compliance Assistant assists the Red Lake Nation Head Start Director to understand the compliance obligations of the grant awards and their binding c...
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Judges Law Clerk / Appellate Clerk RED LAKE NATION TRIBAL COURTS Open: February 7, 2020 Closing: February 21, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m. Primary Function: Responsible for providing administrative support for Judicial Staff by drafting proposed court orders, corresponding, assembling and organizing quarterly appellate court terms, assembling case materials; providing information and explaining processes to filers petitioning the court; writing reports and legal memoranda. Reports to Chief...
Just weeks after Rainforest Action Network (RAN) released an analysis ranking global food brands' progress towards fulfilling their 2020 deforestation promises, Kellogg Company released revised palm oil and deforestation policies. In RAN's prior analysis, Kellogg Company was found to be the worst-performing actor amongst its peers. Robin Averbeck, Agribusiness Campaign Director at Rainforest Action Network (RAN) issued the following statement in response to Kellogg Company's new policies: "In the critical year of 2020, as the global climate...
If there's one thing Rebecca Parrill wants everyone at Adams Elementary to understand, it's that attendance matters. Parrill, the principal assistant, is sometimes referred to as the "attendance guru" by staffers at Adams, located on Spokane's South Hill next to Ferris High School. She's led the effort to remind Adams families every which way that kids should be in school, making the message obvious for anybody in the vicinity of the building. The electric sign by the street boasts of class...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota House Democrats want to spend as much as $500 million of the state's projected $1.3 billion budget surplus on a one-time bump in spending on early childhood education and child care, their leaders announced Thursday as they rolled out their agenda for the 2020 session. Speaker Melissa Hortman, of Brooklyn Park, Majority Leader Ryan Winkler, of Golden Valley, and other leading Democrats acknowledged at a news conference that there's no guarantee that the 2021...
After giving birth to premature twins, one of whom had a disability, Alexis began the search for child care. She called daycare providers repeatedly to try to get spots for her children. She found it was nearly impossible to find a center with two spots for infants, let alone one who had a disability. Her partner, who worked night shifts, ended up watching the twins during the day for a full year so Alexis could work. Even as Alexis’ children became toddlers, her options remained limited: she had to rule out any centers that did not have e...
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Collin Peterson, Chair of the House Agriculture Committee, and Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-15) introduced H.R. 5799, the Bridging Responsible Agricultural Conservation Efforts Act. The legislation will provide clarity for landowners and consistency when federal agencies designate wetlands under current federal law. Under the Clean Water Act, wetlands considered "Waters of the U.S.” are regulated by the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Additio...
WASHINGTON, February 7—Today, Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) issued a statement following an announcement that the Department of Justice brought an indictment against Ara Aprahamian, the former Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Taro Pharmaceuticals, on charges including conspiring to fix generic drug prices and making false statements to the FBI: “We are encouraged that the Justice Department is continuing to pursue criminal charges against cor...
It’s nearing the close of normal business hours on a Wednesday afternoon at the Albuquerque, New Mexico, offices of the Children, Youth and Families Department as Brian Blalock munches on a vegan cookie he’s brought from a local ayurvedic restaurant. The CYFD cabinet secretary looks spry in a navy blue suit, even though he’s been at it since 2 a.m. “This is a perfect job. I love it,” said Blalock, 43, a vegan who sports a bald head and a red beard. “We have a governor who genuinely cares about [child and family welfare] and prioritizes...
EDINBURG - The Hidalgo County District Attorney's Office is making changes after a new addition to the state's drug laws. They say they will still prosecute marijuana violations. It all started with the legalization of CBD products. https://www.krgv.com/news/hidalgo-co-district-attorney-vows-to-prosecute-marijuana-cases/...
Indigenous America is one again facing off with disenrollment. History shows that the rise and fall of disenrollment correlates to the federal government’s behavior toward that tribal self-terminationist practice. https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/02/07/gabe-galanda-the-united-states-must-help.asp...